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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Judith Morris." <morris000002@gmail.com>
Reply-To: morris00001@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2010 06:10:09 +0100 (WAT)
Subject: ''From,Mrs. Judith Morris..




Dear friend,


My name is Mrs. Judith Morris , a well known business woman. I am 69 years
old, living in The Southern Part of Wales (United Kingdom). I am a
successful business woman,owning some industries and companies, with some
good stocks in various banks. I have spent all my life, investing in
co-operate businesses and real-estates until the death of My husband and
my only son in a ghastly car accident that took place sometimes in middle
November 2003.

I must say that after the death of my family, I became a workaholic and
very greedy with businesses and I presume that is what lead to my present
ordeal. I stopped caring for people around and forgot how to live.

However, my abuse of alcohol and tobacco increased and that lead to
another problem when in early 2005, February to be precise, I got a letter
for medical checkup after a brief illness. After wards, I was told by my
personal

Doctor, that I have a cancer of the lungs, which according to her, would
not allow me to live longer anymore. Ever since then, doing businesses has
become uneasy as I am frequently in and out of the hospital for
treatments, medications and Chemo-therapy sections.

In light with the above, I have since, started attending to a local church
and presently made some substantial donation to the church. It actually i
felt good. Therefore, I have recently, consulted the pastor for a private
counseling. I have told him my life story and we prayed together and after
wards, he gave me an advice which is my reason of contacting you at this
moment.

His advice was this: That the Lord will grant my soul mercy if I could
help the needy people, homeless, orphans and less privileged homes that
need this money. Including Business women and men for investment, whereby
most of the earnings will be used in helping less privileged families and
people. I have sold my companies, houses and other assets. Coupled with my
bank accounts, a substantial amount at the estimate of (11.000.000.00
Pounds) Eleven Million british pounds, is realized for this project.

Because of the above reasons therefore, I am writing this letter to people
who really need help from me, to please contact me urgently, to discuss on
his/her plans towards the use of the money.

Please contact me Via Email and let me know what you intend to do with the
money and if satisfied, I will introduce you to my private lawyer whom I
have set up all arrangements with for further discussions. As you know, I
am a born again and so much with God’s work. Therefore, I would appreciate
it a lot, if you are a God fearing human with a good heart.

May the good God bless you, as you reach me, please I wish to remind you,
that you should not belong to scammers or any act of fraudulent as the God
sees and knows everything, He surely will point you out. Therefore, be as
honest to me as possible and our God will do the rest.

With best Regards,

Your sister,
Mrs. Judith Morris.
PLEASE REPLY TO MY PRIVATE E-MAIL ADDRESS:morris00001@gmail.com

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